EDUCATION
1977-1983:
Study of biology at the University of Oldenburg
1984-1989:
PhD thesis (magna cum laude)
Supervisor: Prof. W. Wackernagel, Department of Genetics at the University of Oldenburg
Thesis title: Physiological and genetic examinations with the cloned recBCD gene regions of the Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis und Serratia marcescens
1988-2001:
Group leader at the Institute of Biology (Director: Prof. W. Traut) at the University of Lübeck
1996-1997: (interim)
Visiting Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Genetics (Head: Prof. P. de Jong) at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, USA
1998:
Habilitation
Thesis title: Gene fusion and gene amplification: the complex evolution of a young gene cluster in the genome of the house mouse
Venia legendi for Biology at the University of Lübeck
2001-2002:
Group leader at the Medical Clinic II (Director: Prof. H.A. Katus) at the University Clinic of Lübeck
2002-2008:
Group leader at the Medical Clinic III (Director: Prof. H.A. Katus) at the University Clinic of Heidelberg
since April 2008:
Senior scientist at the Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors (Head: Prof. C. Plass) at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg
RESEARCH INTEREST
Epigenetics in differentiation, aging and disease
Technical platforms for epigenetic research